793.94/1844: Telegram
The Minister in China (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 23—10 a.m.]
633. Reuter reports from Nanking, 22d:
“Japanese women and children are evacuating Nanking tomorrow, Wednesday, at 11 a.m. Japanese Consul has requested that due protection be afforded them when embarking.
General Chiang Kai-shek, addressing mass meeting of Kuomintang today, declared in course of his speech:
‘For the moment we await judgment of the world and we must suppress our indignation and remain calm but if League of Nations and signatories of Kellogg Pact fail to uphold justice the National Government is prepared for a final and supreme struggle. I shall lead the Army to fight for preservation of our race and to uphold dignity of our people. I shall go to the front and if need be fall with other patriots.’”